My Dad was an engineer with Amoco early in his career and as a child we travelled the world on his job assignments, which led to my interest in not only the oil and gas business industry, but also the global reach of the business.
I have always had a fascination for the energy industry and I received my Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Energy Systems.
As an International Tax Advisor I have always been involved with Energy Companies, however, when Energy Reform was enacted EY decided to dedicate me fully to Energy, guiding its efforts to become an eminent Energy Advisor in Mexico.
I advise the Kenya Government on Local Content through the Kenya Petroleum Technical Assistance Project (KEPTAP), a World Bank funded Kenya Government delivered capacity building project for Oil and Gas.
After more than 20 years of experience in the sector and by working from many different angles.
I began investing in the Africa power sector in 2009. Previously my career included five years in the public sector in Afghanistan, working for the Afghan Finance Minister on economic reform including the energy sector and the UN on job creation.
I run our power investments primarily in Africa. What that means is finding new investments, running them and then selling them.
ETAP ‘s strategy as a NOC of Tunisia, is primarily the satisfaction of energy need and to reduce our actual deficit by promoting the available offshore and onshore open blocks and doing our best to attract investors.
It was a serendipitous combination of my prior Chinese government experience and the nature of the clients of the law firm when I joined private practice.
AAG is the leading independent CBM producer in China listed in HK stock exchange, with a special focus on the upstream development and value optimization of unconventional gas resources, in order to supply clean energy to the Chinese economy.
I was recruited by Exxon on campus while I was finishing my Ph.D. study at Purdue. I started as a research engineer in drilling with Exxon in Houston.
In 1998, I replied to a Newspaper advert by Total, titled “North Sea Natural Gas Operation Staff Required”.
